Alex Cole

Alexander Cole Jr. (born August 17, 1965, in Fayetteville, North Carolina) was a Major League Baseball outfielder.

Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 2nd round of the 1985 MLB amateur draft, Cole would make his Major League Baseball debut with the Cleveland Indians on July 27, 1990, and appear in his final game on May 22, 1996. He was a member of the inaugural Colorado Rockies team that began play in Major League Baseball in by|1993.

In 2002 Cole plead guilty to a charge of conspiring to possess with the intent to distribute heroin [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C04E4D7143DF934A35755C0A9649C8B63] . He was sentenced to 18 months in federal prison [http://www.sptimes.com/2002/10/28/Sports/Ex_OF_gets_18_months_.shtml] .

In 2006, a judgment in excess of $30,000.00 was entered against him for running up credit card bills under a friend's name and then not repaying them (i.e. stealing money). [www.hillsclerk.com]

Teams

* Cleveland Indians: 1990-1992
* Pittsburgh Pirates: 1992
* Colorado Rockies: 1993
* Minnesota Twins: 1994-1995
* Boston Red Sox: 1996

External links

* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/c/coleal01.shtml Alex Cole at "Baseball Reference.com"]